Linux-Misc Digest #131, Volume #26 Tue, 24 Oct 00 17:13:01 EDT
Contents:
How to set up multilinking on Red Hut Linux 6.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
newbie question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Copying an 7GB-partition to an 8GB-partition (Joshua Baker-LePain)
GIMP screen shots not working (Indicatrix)
Re: Microsoft Linux? (John Hasler)
how add another SCSI controller? (jhecker)
Re: Microsoft Linux?
Re: via82cxxx ("Olivier Brucker")
Printer spool won't start-lpd/lprng (Jon Busey)
printing from Linux thru SGI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: fullscreen video playback (Edward Lee)
Re: How can I move a harddisk containing Linux from a computer to
(=?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l?= G. Larsson)
Re: printing from Linux thru SGI ("Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen")
Re: Raid recontruction disk (Benoit Patry)
message to multiple recipients with one name visible (Jan)
Re: newbie question (B'ichela)
Handling of Fortran files in Netscape (Radu Serban)
Mandrake 7.1 only recognizes 64mb of 256mb (Scott)
x windows help ("Jean")
Need help with PPP-over-telnet ("Mike Paul")
Out of room in /var partition, log file no longer loggin (Vlar Schreidlocke)
HELP out of memory??? (Bill Moseley)
Re: Diabolical plot uncovered... ("Larry Ebbitt ")
Re: How can I move a harddisk containing Linux from a computer to another? (Anita
Lewis)
Re: Out of room in /var partition, log file no longer loggin (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Copying an 7GB-partition to an 8GB-partition (Mike Castle)
Re: newbie question (Steve)
Re: running star/open office (Steve)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to set up multilinking on Red Hut Linux 6.1
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:24:08 GMT
How do I set up multilinking (using two different domains) on Red Hut
Linux 6.1 which is configured as a mail server?I want people to be able
to use two different e-mail formats with the same user name and all
mail still goes to the same user account.
Best Regards
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: newbie question
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:32:16 GMT
How do I set up my Linux box as PPP server? I have this box connected
to the internet via DSL and I want to be able to dial in and access the
internet from a Windows machine. Can anyone help me out? I have mgetty
already installed and I am able to dial in with hyperterminal and login.
I am told I should be able to use a Windows dial up networking
connection to login, but I am not able to connect and after checking the
/var/log/messages it reads as follws:
FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM for AutoPPP User not known to the underlying
authentication module
If anyone can help me out or point me in the right direction I would
greatly appreciate it.
Thank you
Scott
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Copying an 7GB-partition to an 8GB-partition
Date: 24 Oct 2000 17:43:39 GMT
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Otto Wyss wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to copy/moving anything on a 7GB-partition to an 8GB-partition.
>> What's the best way to do it?
>>
>> O. Wyss
> cp -a /data/on/7G/partition /data/on/8G/partition
But this won't preserve creation/modification/access times, which dump/restore
will. tar will preserve ctime and mtime, but not atime (I believe).
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: Indicatrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GIMP screen shots not working
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:36:19 GMT
Can anyone tell me why screen shots in GIMP do not work for me?
When I select either full screen or window screen shot, the computer
beeps, but does not show the resulting image. It is the version of the
GIMP from Debian stable.
thanks in advance
Stephen
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Linux?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:22:39 GMT
Leonard Evens writes:
> If Linux is a system used by a small community of hobbyists and
> experimenters and can't get any serious work done because it can't
> communicate with the rest of the computer world, it won't go anywhere.
Since none of that is true, however...
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: jhecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how add another SCSI controller?
Date: 24 Oct 2000 13:53:12 -0400
I am trying to get my Mandrake 7.1 system to recognize a SCSI controller
added after installation, that is listed as supported (a DTC 3180). This
is an old-style ISA controller. How does one do this?
TIA -
Regards,
jh
--
Jared Hecker
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Microsoft Linux?
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:11:38 GMT
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:43:08 -0500, Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jim Jerzycke wrote:
>>
>> I don't understand what you mean by "A Healthy Linux" being there.
>> Could you please elaborate?
>> Thanks, Jim
>
>If Linux is a system used by a small community of hobbyists and
>experimenters and can't get any serious work done because it
>can't communicate with the rest of the computer world, it
>won't go anywhere.
Linux connects to more networks and can read more file systems than any
mickysoft product ever will.
For example, this is a list of filesystems I can access with just my RH6.2
distribution:
adfs, affs, autofs, coda, coherent, devpts, efs, ext, ext2, hfs, hpfs,
iso9660, minix, msdos, ncpfs, nfs, ntfs, proc, qnx4, romfs, smbfs, sysv,
udf, ufs, umsdos, vfat, xenix, xiafs
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From: "Olivier Brucker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: via82cxxx
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:35:55 +0200
thanks .....
fact is I've installed Alsa drivers and it works really well too ...
Yul
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
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> In article <8s5g0r$mk9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Olivier Brucker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > does anyone know how to install properly the sound when using a via
chipset
> > (VIA VT82c686a integrated to the motherboard asus K7V) on a kernel
2.2.17 ?
> > (my problem is that the module via82cxxx can't be loaded ...)
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Yul
> >
> >
>
> Hi
> Native driver works quite well with on-board VIA sound chip.
> Here you may find some helpful information. (configuration
> working on Chaintech CT-6ASA4 motherboard).
>
> 1. Go to bios setup and check that in "integrated
> peripherals" section you see something like this:
>
> Onboard legacy Audio Enabled
> Sound blaster Enabled
> SB I/O base address 220H
> SB DMA Select DMA1
> MPU 401 Enabled
> MPU 401 I/O address 300-303H
>
> Make appropriate changes if necessary and reboot.
>
> 2. Make sure you have all essential sound modules ready.
>
> You need: via82cxxx.o, sb.o, uart401.o, sound.o, soundcore.o
>
> 3. Modify your conf.modules file so that it has following
> entries:
>
> alias sound via82cxxx
> options sb support=1
>
> 4. Check that sound is correctly initialized during
> startup. I have following in rc.sysinit (RedHat):
>
> # load sound modules
> if [ -n "$USEMODULES" ]; then
> if grep -s -q "^alias sound" /etc/conf.modules ; then
> action "Loading sound module" modprobe sound
> fi
> fi
>
> 5. Reboot and after logging in run dmesg, you should see
> lines looking like this:
>
> Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
> via_audio: Initialized AC97 mixer via_audio: legacy MIDI: 0x300, SB: 0x220
/
> 5 IRQ / 1 DMA SB 3.02 detected OK (220) This sound card may not be fully
> Sound Blaster Pro compatible. In many cases there is another way to
configure
> OSS so that it works properly with OSS (for example in 16 bit mode).
Please
> ignore this message if you _really_ have a SB Pro. via_audio: VIA 82Cxxx
> Audio driver 1.1.2.1 loaded via_audio: Chip rev unknown!. Features: SBPro
> compat, MPU-401 MIDI, AC97 mixer
>
> If there are no "failed" messages, everything should work
> now. At this step you may try playing CD for instance.
>
> Best wishes.
> Alex
>
>
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From: Jon Busey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer spool won't start-lpd/lprng
Date: 24 Oct 2000 14:28:33 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's the problem:
During boot when services are started, it just hangs on "Starting
printer spooler", and hangs until I turn off the printer. If I try to
start the spooler from /etc/init.d it says "Starting printer spooler"
without any pause, but it's not started!
If I try to print direct to port with the lprngtool, it works, but the
postscript and ascii don't even get a flashing light.
It worked fine a little while ago, then I screwed up my /var
permissions, but now they are fixed but printing still doesn't work.
I've unstalled (purged) lpd and installed lprng, then the other way
around, and finally ended up with lprng again, but it just doesn't
work!
What else is there to check? Yes, I read the printing howto.
Thanks,
Jon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sgi.admin,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.questions
Subject: printing from Linux thru SGI
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:30:30 GMT
Hi,
My SGI machine has a printer attached to it,
/usr/etc/lpd is one of the running processes there, and bsdlpr is
chkconfig'ed on. I'm trying to print from a Linux box to that remote
printer, and it doesn't work. (I did configure the Linux box using
printtool)
Did I forget to configure something? I did add the Linux Box's IP and
DNS to /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.equiv
Thanks a bunch.
Wroot
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fullscreen video playback
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:56:11 -0700
Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 06:54:44 GMT, Matt Garman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is there any viewer for Linux that will allow *fullscreen* viewing of
> > video (particularly mpegs)?
>
mpeg1 or mpeg2?
>
> Look at my svgalib video player -
> http://www.arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/playvideo
>
I got 404 not found on this url.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l?= G. Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,no.it.os.unix.linux.diverse
Subject: Re: How can I move a harddisk containing Linux from a computer to
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:59:23 GMT
"Tobias i t�rnet" wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have recently bought another PC, and want to run Linux on it in addition
> to Win98. I have an old PC with Redhat 6.2 on it. Redhat is installed on a
> harddisk that I bought in addition to the one who originally sat in the old
> PC. Now I want to move that disk over to the new PC. Guess I'll accomplish
> that on my own...
>
> So - what I'm looking for, is an easy way to make the new PC aware of the OS
> that's in it, and make it a dual boot (lilo) PC just like the old one.
> Having moved the harddisk - what is the next step?
>
Det er mulig jeg ikke forst�r. Men hvis du �nsker � flytte en Linux-disk til en
annen maskin med Linux, kan du bare flytte den og finne et passende mountpoint
(/mnt/old-disk ?). Da er det ikke behov for � editere lilo
P�l
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From: "Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sgi.admin,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: printing from Linux thru SGI
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:59:14 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My SGI machine has a printer attached to it,
> /usr/etc/lpd is one of the running processes there, and bsdlpr is
> chkconfig'ed on. I'm trying to print from a Linux box to that remote
> printer, and it doesn't work. (I did configure the Linux box using
> printtool)
Have you tried to run lpsched on Irix with debug on? Same for Linux box.
That might yield some error messages which may help.
Greetings,
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From: Benoit Patry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Raid recontruction disk
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:35:34 -0400
root wrote:
> Hi (sorry for my english)
>
> I'm use RedHat_7.0 with RAID 1 software for control two disk ide (hda )
> (hdc)
>
> In my configuration i have four partitions, and the raid software are
> operate witch success
>
> But for testing my raid for that, Ipower down one disk (hdc). My machine
> boot well, all my configuration go
> up.
>
> My problem now I can't reconstruct my raid.
>
> (This is my /proc/mdstat)
>
> md0 : active raid1 hda1[0] 16512 blocks [2/1] [U_]
> md2 : active raid1 hda5[0] 511936 blocks [2/1] [U_]
> md1 : active raid1 hda6[0] 131392 blocks [2/1] [U_]
> md3 : active raid1 hda7[0] 9345024 blocks [2/1] [U_]
>
> I use this command ( raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/hdc1 )
> and i have this message ( dev/md0: can not hot-add disk: invalid
> argument. )
>
> I use this command to ( raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/hdc )
>
> I dont have wrong message but I have this in my /proc/mdstat
>
> md0 : active raid1 hdc[1] hda1[0] 16512 blocks [2/2] [UU]
> md2 : active raid1 hda5[0] 511936 blocks [2/1] [U_]
> md1 : active raid1 hda6[0] 131392 blocks [2/1] [U_]
> md3 : active raid1 hda7[0] 9345024 blocks [2/1] [U_]
>
> I think md0 take all my hdc after this command (raidhotadd /dev/md2
> /dev/hdc)
> and I have this message (can
> not hot-add disk: invalid argument.)
>
> What is good methode or command for reconstruct my raid in redhat_7.0 ?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I found my problem
On the hdc i lose all my partitions.
For repair that, i configure hdc samething with hda (fdisk /dev/hda -ul )
See my hda
Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 19852 cylinders
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 63 33263 16600+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda2 33264 20010815 9988776 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 33327 1057391 512032+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda6 1057455 1320479 131512+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hda7 1320543 20010815 9345136+ fd Linux raid autodetect
And now configure hdc with fdisk (fdisk /dev/hdc ).
Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 19852 cylinders
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 * 63 33263 16600+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdc2 33264 20010815 9988776 5 Extended
/dev/hdc5 33327 1057391 512032+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdc6 1057455 1320479 131512+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdc7 1320543 20010815 9345136+ fd Linux raid autodetect
And when i have two set of similar disk partitions i use de command
(raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/hdc1)
(raidhotadd /dev/md1 /dev/hdc6) etc ...
After i can see in my /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1]
read_ahead 1024 sectors
md0 : active raid1 hda1[0] hdc1[1] 16512 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md2 : active raid1 hda5[0] hdc5[1] 511936 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md1 : active raid1 hdc6[1] hda6[0] 131392 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md3 : active raid1 hda7[0] hdc7[1] 9345024 blocks [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
My raid are come back .
I conclude when you change one hard disk on linux raid software or
just for resync your raid. The first step is to check your two disks.
If you have two disks with same sizes and same partitions you
can use comand:
(raidhotadd /dev/md(x) /dev/hd(xx))
Benoit Patry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: message to multiple recipients with one name visible
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:48:14 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would like to send the same message to multiple (say 100) recipients
without showing all their names but only the one to whom the message
arrived (something like "extended lcc").
I know that I can achieve something like that pressing ^R and using
the "lcc" field but using that way no name and email address will be
showed and it is not exactly I need. (Similar in mutt).
Does anybody have any idea how to achieve "extended lcc" feature
in pine? (I use pine under Linux and Win95/NT).
May be you could suggest some other way (programs
under Win95/NT or Linux) to achieve "extended lcc" feature?
Should I write e.g. some shell script?
Thanks in advance
Jan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:05:42 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:32:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How do I set up my Linux box as PPP server? I have this box connected
>to the internet via DSL and I want to be able to dial in and access the
>internet from a Windows machine. Can anyone help me out? I have mgetty
>already installed and I am able to dial in with hyperterminal and login.
Did you read the PPP-HOWTO? that explains PPP and both a
client and Server and the configuration as a server. Also I am sure
the pppd driver has documentation to the explains what you need to
configure as well.
--
B'ichela
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From: Radu Serban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Handling of Fortran files in Netscape
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:19:23 -0700
Sorry if this is not the right ng to post this question...
Netscape 4.75 under RedHat 6.1 - I'm trying to make Netscape open
Fortran files in emacs. I tried to create a new helper application entry
for files with "suffixes: f,f77,f90" and "application: emacs %s".
This doesn't work unless I change the entry Plain text (wich should take
care only of files with suffixes txt or text) to have "application: emacs %s".
And even in that case I get a warning message saying:
Warning:this is an executable 'emacs' script!
You may be about to execute arbitrary system commands
on your local machine. This is a security risk.
Unless you completely understand this script, it
is strongly recommended you not do this.
Execute script?
If in the entry for 'Plain Text' I put something like application: gedit %s
the file is open in gedit without any warning.
Any ideas how to solve this? I'd like Netscape to handle plain text files
and some editor (preferably emacs) to handle Fortran files.
Thanks,
--Radu
--
Radu Serban
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California
Santa Barbara, Ca 93106
Phone: (805) 893-5728
Fax: (805) 893-5435
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/~radu
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.1 only recognizes 64mb of 256mb
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:47:53 -0500
Anyone come across this with Mandrake 7.1 only recognizing 64mb of ram
anytime it is installed on a machine with over 128mb?
TIA,
Scott
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From: "Jean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: x windows help
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 22:18:25 +0200
Reply-To: "Jean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I've got Caldera openlinux, without the 3dlabs x-windows. I'm trying to copy
the /live/usr/X11/bin directory from corel linux cd (including the 3d labs
windows) into /usr/X11/bin, but nothing will to run afterwards. What am I
doing wrong?? Please help. My e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanx
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From: "Mike Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help with PPP-over-telnet
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:26:59 -0400
I have a Linux system, connected to the Internet via a LAN, that I want to
attach to another network using PPP. The remote system that I want to use
as the PPP server also runs Linux, and I have a shell account on it, so
logically the best thing to do with the remote end is to run Slirp.
I don't know how to handle my end, though. If I were using a modem to dial
in, I could just run pppd on /dev/modem with an appropriate connect script.
But my only way into the remote system is via telnet, and I don't know how
to connect pppd to a telnet session.
Can anyone suggest a way to make this work?
--
Mike Paul
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.lehigh.edu/~mbp2/
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From: Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Out of room in /var partition, log file no longer loggin
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:43:02 GMT
My /var partition is apparently full and I don't have any new log
entries in /var/log/messages since the partition filled up. What is
the best way to deal with this? Should I delete some files? And, fi
so, which ones?
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From: Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP out of memory???
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:28:05 -0700
I'm running SuSE 6.3
Linux mardy 2.2.13 #1 Mon Nov 8 15:51:29 CET 1999 i686 unknown
128MB RAM
The machine is running ipchains for a firewall, and there's little
access into the machine other than via httpd.
Just a few minutes ago the disk started running full time, and I
couldn't gain access, even from the console.
Only indications were in /var/log/warn
Oct 24 12:07:57 mardy kernel: VM: killing process httpd
Oct 24 12:07:59 mardy kernel: VM: killing process httpd.14
Oct 24 12:08:13 mardy kernel: VM: killing process bash
Oct 24 12:08:19 mardy kernel: VM: killing process sshd
Looks like I ran out of memory for some odd reason I can't figure out.
1) Are there any tricks to regain control short of the reset button?
2) I can't find any trail or logs that tell me what happened. Web
server logs look normal
Any pointers?
--
Bill Moseley
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From: "Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:27:54 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diabolical plot uncovered...
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:45:14 +0600, James Blanford wrote:
>I uncovered the plot 15 years ago and swore off computers, when my
>request to get some basic manuals printed was denied. That was Unix and
>the license restrictions were onerous as well. What brought me to Linux
>was that it is free and open (mostly). thanKs fOr LIsteniNG tO mY
>tirAde. simPliCTY IS worTh tHe efFort.
I've been working on mainframes since '61 so I couldn't give up
computers.
Nevertheless, I agree with you. Linux is a great system, but I have no
desire to wear a hair shirt to use it.
Larry - Atlanta - Linux + OS/2
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,no.it.os.unix.linux.diverse
Subject: Re: How can I move a harddisk containing Linux from a computer to another?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:36:57 GMT
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:38:05 GMT, Tobias i t�rnet wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I have recently bought another PC, and want to run Linux on it in addition
>to Win98. I have an old PC with Redhat 6.2 on it. Redhat is installed on a
>harddisk that I bought in addition to the one who originally sat in the old
>PC. Now I want to move that disk over to the new PC. Guess I'll accomplish
>that on my own...
>
>So - what I'm looking for, is an easy way to make the new PC aware of the OS
>that's in it, and make it a dual boot (lilo) PC just like the old one.
>Having moved the harddisk - what is the next step?
>
>/Simen
You can put the installation cdrom in and do Upgrade instead of Install.
Choose some small thing to install, like joe. Then you will get the option
to install lilo in the mbr. Do that. You will also have to edit /etc/fstab
unless this is in the same place on the new computer as it was on the old
one. For example, if it was secondary master on the old computer and is the
same on the new computer, then /etc/fstab would not need to be changed.
Otherwise you will have to edit.
You can put the install cdrom in again and type in 'rescue' at the boot
prompt. That will put linux into RAM. Then you will need to mount your /
partition. Do:
mkdir /mnt/rh
mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc1 /mnt/rh (You have to choose the place where it is
now not what it used to be)
cd /mnt/rh/etc
I think the rescue on rh has pico instead of vi. Try
pico fstab
Pico has the commands right there for you. Change the linux partitions from
the old to the new (like /dev/hda2 becomes /dev/hdc2 or whatever.)
That should do it, because the other procedure would have changed lilo.conf.
Try booting.
Later make a new boot floppy with mkboot. See the man on that.
Anita
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Out of room in /var partition, log file no longer loggin
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:54:24 -0400
Vlar Schreidlocke wrote:
> My /var partition is apparently full and I don't have any new log
> entries in /var/log/messages since the partition filled up. What is
> the best way to deal with this? Should I delete some files? And, fi
> so, which ones?
Do you leave your machine up 24/7? If so, most distributions (Red Hat,
for sure) automatically keep /var/log cleaned up by running a daemon
process (logrotate) every night at around 4AM. If you do not let this
run, your files in there could grow without limit. If you do not
choose to run it then, I suggest you change the time so it runs when
your machine is likely to be on. /var/log/messages is the fastest
growing file on my machine (of the logfiles, that is).
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/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Castle)
Subject: Re: Copying an 7GB-partition to an 8GB-partition
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:23:55 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>find FromDirectory -print | cpio -p ToDirectory.
Better:
cd FromDir; find . -depth -print | cpio -pdm ToDir
You want the -depth and -d to create the directories. -m to preserve mod
times.
Change to -pdmv to watch the files scroll by, but it does slow it down
noticably.
mrc
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www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ and be right at least twice a day. -- mrc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: 24 Oct 2000 22:01:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:32:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>How do I set up my Linux box as PPP server? I have this box connected
>to the internet via DSL and I want to be able to dial in and access the
>internet from a Windows machine. Can anyone help me out? I have mgetty
>already installed and I am able to dial in with hyperterminal and login.
>I am told I should be able to use a Windows dial up networking
>connection to login, but I am not able to connect and after checking the
>/var/log/messages it reads as follws:
>
>FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM for AutoPPP User not known to the underlying
>authentication module
Sounds like you need to add the IP address of the windows machine to
/etc/hosts.allow
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Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.zeropps.uklinux.net/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
9:07pm up 13 days, 22:27, 2 users, load average: 1.39, 1.13, 1.10
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: running star/open office
Date: 24 Oct 2000 22:01:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 24 Oct 2000 10:35:45 -0500, John Hunter wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I just installed the open office 6.05 binaries for linux (RHL6.2) as
>root to /usr/local/openoffice60/. When I run the program
>/usr/local/openoffice60/program/soffice as a user, it restarts the
>install script asking if I want to modify, deinstall etc... But I
>cannot get the actual program to run. Mysteriously, I find nothing on
>the openoffice.org website to help me out.
>
>Could someone please give me some advice as to how to actually ruin
>these programs?
I know that with Star Office I had to run a second setup program as
an ordinary user, from something like /usr/opt/ then it installs some
stuff to your home directory, and you run it from there.
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Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.zeropps.uklinux.net/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
9:07pm up 13 days, 22:27, 2 users, load average: 1.39, 1.13, 1.10
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